Man Utd defender Simpson joins Blackburn on loan

Blackburn boss Paul Ince returned to his former club to sign Manchester United defender Danny Simpson on a season-long loan on Monday.

Ince, who spent six years at United, has now made three signings since taking charge, with Simpson following Paul Robinson and Carlos Villanueva into Ewood Park.

Simpson, a 21-year-old right back, has struggled to break into the first team at Old Trafford, making just eight appearances last season before being loaned to Ipswich.

Ince doesn’t expect Simpson to be his last pre-season signing and he hopes to bring in at least two new faces.

“There’s another couple of targets we are looking at and we hope to bring them through the door in the next couple of weeks,” he said.